Chasing Gravity

ANZAC Day, Sitting in a restaurant waiting for dinner to arrive and I get a phonecall from my mate asking if I can shoot a band called "Chasing Gravity" from Queensland, at The Greenroom.

I thought; "yeah, why not" and went to get my camera straight after dinner.

When I arrived at The Greenroom, it wasn't a very big crowd but they were very into the music.

Chasing Gravity came on and blew me away with how good they were. Definately one of the best Aussie bands I have ever heard. These guys will be big!!

Check out their myspace to hear some of their stuff.

Casual Projects @ ANU

Tonight I shot local band; "Casual Projects". As usual they were fantastic and the crowd loved it. Only problem was the lighting, as per usual at the ANU it was pretty shocking. Oh well. It wouldn't be live music photography if we didn't have to deal with crappy lighting at times.

Pnau

Today I got asked by BMA if I wanted to shoot Pnau this evening. I had never really heard their music before so I thought I would pop along.

It was also the first time shooting at the UC Refectory. Not a bad gig but the lighting was pretty bad so didn't get as many shots as I would have liked. Here are two of lead singer, Nick Littlemore. One as he was about to climb back up on stage. The other, him exhausted lying on the stage.

Newtons Playground: 7-9 March 2008

This was the first year of a new combined music and extreme sport festival held on Mt Panorama in Bathurst. For most of the weekend the crowds weren't too big however it picked up later in the weekend when Gyroscope and Grinspoon took the stage.

All in all it was a very fun weekend. I drove up with the band TONK. In between shooting bands on and off stage, a lot of my time was spent chatting to the various bands backstage while having a few drinks.

Jinx from the band TONK

Jinx screaming his heart out.

Phil from Grinspoon wouldn't let me take his photo. He insisted he do it instead, holding my camera and sticking his tounge out.

Corinbank Festival: 29/2 - 2/3 2008

The crowd enjoys an impromptu acoustic set from Darren Hanlon. The crew was still busy setting up for future bands so Darren decided to do is set on the grass. A truly memorable thing to see.

The extremely talented and attractive; Kate Miller-Heidke. One of the highlights from the weekend.